Education

PHD student in Pure Mathematics  (Current GPA in UIUC :(3.94/4)) (See the list of courses I have taken from UIUC/math department) Under supervision of Prof. Sheldon Katz (Mathematics/Physics Department at UIUC) and Prof. Tom Nevins (Mathematics department at UIUC),

Ms/ Pure Mathematics  (Mathematics department, UIUC 2007)

Ms/ Applied Mechanics (Option of direct BS to MS for outstanding Undergraduate students of Department of Mechanical engineering) Sharif University of Technology  Tehran/IRAN, 2003-2004

BS/ Mechanical Engineering + Civil Engineering (double major)  , Sharif University of Technology Tehran/IRAN 1999 – 2003

Mathematics and Physics diploma, high school: National Organization of  Development of Exceptional Talents (N.O.D.E.T)  1995-1999

Academic Honors

1. Ranked 61st nationwide among more than 500,000 participants in the university entrance exam (Math-physics oriented majors) for BS degree and entered Sharif University of Technology,(Sharif University of Technology is the most prestigious university of IRAN in Math, Engineering and physics and each year admits the top 100 most talented students of the country in mathematically oriented majors) IRAN 1999.

2. Ranked as TOP Student among 152 (top 2%) ME. Students of the department at the end of BS Period, and (top 2%) among the CE. Department in, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN 2003.

3. Recipient of Departmental fellowship towards continuation of PHD and my research in Pure Mathematics / Dynamical Systems  2004-2005

4. Recipient of Departmental fellowship towards continuation of PHD study in mathematics 2005-2006

5. Recipient of NSF research assistantship for Applications of Symplectic geometry and N+1 bundle (web) theory in investigating the behavior of general periodic orbits on Riemann surfaces. summer 2006 ,Bell laboratories  (Bell labs).

6. Nominated  for appearance on the list of instructors rated outstanding by their students in university of Illinois at Urbana Champaign fall-2006

7. Recipient of NSF research assistantship for applications of Toric geometry in string theory 2006-2007 (Parallel with teaching assistantship for department of mathematics )

8. Recipient of R.E.G.S Fellowship, summer 2007

9. Recipient of NSF travel and accommodation full coverage funds for:

C. D. M 2006 (Current developments in mathematics) held by Harvard/MIT, Harvard November 2006

M. S. R. I (Mathematical sciences research institute) workshop on  Deformation Theory and Moduli in Algebraic Geometry (Supported by NSF) Berkeley July 23-August 3 2007

Princeton NJ, Institute for advanced study (IAS), Gauge theory and representation theory, November 25-30 2007

Princeton NJ, Institute for advanced study (IAS), Algebro-Geometric Derived Categories and Applications, March 10-14 2008

Workshop on affine manifolds and mirror symmetry Univ. Michigan Ann arbor  April 25-27 2008

10. Recipient of NSF research assistantship for research on moduli spaces of sheaves  towards studying of Genus zero Gopakumar-Vafa invariants of contractible curves (Parallel with teaching assistantship for department of mathematics ) Spring 2008

11. Nominated  for appearance on the list of instructors rated outstanding by their students in university of Illinois at Urbana Champaign fall-2007

12. Nominated  for appearance on the list of instructors rated outstanding by their students in university of Illinois at Urbana Champaign spring-2008

13. Recipient of NSF research assistantship for continuation of research on moduli spaces of sheaves  Summer 2008

14. Recipient of University Fellowship for spring 2009  (Awarded on Summer 2008)

Publications

1.Shashikanth B, Sheshmani. A., Kelly S. D., Marsden J. E. Hamiltonian Structure for a Neutrally Buoyant Rigid Body Interacting with N Vortex Rings of Arbitrary Shape: The Case of  Arbitrary Smooth Body Shape. journal of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (2006)

2. Shashikanth B, Sheshmani A., Kelly S. D., Wei M., Hamiltonian structure and dynamics of a neutrally buoyant rigid sphere interacting with thin vortex rings, ECI  conference in interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena V: Fluid, Thermal, Biological, Materials & Space Sciences (2007)

3. Sheshmani. A., Shashikanth B. ,Kelly S. D., Marsden J. E., , Hamiltonian Structure and Dynamics of a Neutrally Buoyant Sphere Interacting with N   Vortex Rings (In prep. to submit)

4. Mofid.M, Sheshmani.A, Kazemzadeh.H: “on the behavior of visco-elastic Timoshenkov beam, journal of engineering soft wares  (2001)

5. A. Sheshmani, H. Farrahi Theory of sandwich structures and application of metal foams in vehicle body parts, journal of crash worthiness  (2001)

6. A.sheshmani, R.naghadabadi: Objectivity of rates of deformation tensors in nonlinear continuum mechanics, ASME Conference (2004)

7. A.sheshmani, K.behfar, R.naghdabadi: General derivation for conjugate strains of Eshelby-like stress tensors, ASME conference Manchester 2004

8. A.sheshmani, M. Asghari A thermo elastic solution for functionally graded beams using stress function. Conference proceeding ICCES Portugal, Madeira 2004

Teaching Experience

1. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Analytical Dynamics, Sharif Univ. of Tech.  Department of Civil Engineering, fall 2001, Prof. Bakhshi

2. Teaching Assistant, Solid Mechanics 2, Sharif Univ. of Tech.   Department of Civil Engineering, Fall 200, Prof. Mofid

3. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Analytical Dynamics. , Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Spring 2002, Prof. Bakhshi

4. Teaching Assistant, solid Mechanics 2, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Spring 2002, Prof. Mofid

5. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Analytical Dynamics, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Spring 2002, Prof. Bakhshi

6. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Analytical Dynamics, Sharif Univ. of Tech.  Department of Civil Engineering, Fall 2002, Prof. Bakhshi

7. Teaching Assistant, Solid Mechanics 2, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Fall 2002, Prof. Mofid

8. Teaching Assistant, Design of Steel Structures 1, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Fall 2002, Prof. Vafai

9. Teaching Assistant, Solid Mechanics 2, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Spring 2003, Prof. Mofid

10. Teaching Assistant, Solid Mechanics 2, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Spring 2003, Prof. Khoei

11. Teaching Assistant, Design of Concrete Structures 2, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Spring 2003, Prof. Kazami

12. Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Design 1, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Mechanical engineering, Spring 2003, Prof. Shadravan

13. Teaching Assistant, Fracture mechanics, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of civil and structural engineering spring 2004

14. Teaching Assistant, Continuum mechanics, Sharif Univ. of Tech. Department of Civil Engineering, Fall 2003. Prof. Kazemi

15. Teaching Assistant. Math 220, Fall 2006  University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

16. Teaching Assistant. Math-012, Spring 2007  University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

17.Teaching Assistant. Math-221,  Fall 2007  University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

18.Teaching Assistant. Math-241, Spring 2008  University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

Recent talks and seminars

1. Intersection theory on algebraic stacks and their moduli spaces (GSTG seminar Summer 2008-UIUC)

2. Virtual fundamental classes (GSTG seminar Spring 2008-UIUC)

3. Homological mirror symmetry for weighted projective planes and Fano surfaces (GSTG seminar Spring 2008-UIUC)

Workshops and conferences attended :

SIAM Conference on dynamical systems Snow bird Utah, May 2005 SIAM Annual meeting New Orleans, July 2005

C. D. M 2006 (Current developments in mathematics) held by Harvard/MIT, Harvard November 2006

M. S. R. I (Mathematical sciences research institute) workshop on  Deformation Theory and Moduli in Algebraic Geometry  (Supported by NSF) Berkeley July 23-August 3 2007

Princeton NJ, Institute for advanced study (IAS), Gauge theory and representation theory, November 25-30 2007

     Princeton NJ, Institute for advanced study (IAS), Algebro-Geometric Derived Categories and Applications, March 10-14 2008

Workshop on affine manifolds and mirror symmetry Univ. Michigan Ann arbor  April 25-27 2008

Scientific and Industrial memberships:

 1. Member of Robocop team (Rover dynamic modeling), Sharif University of Technology (Tehran/IRAN)

 2. Technical engineer, crash analysis Group, CAE Department, Iran Khodro Industrial Complex.

 3. Technical engineer, Vehicle Dynamic Systems Group, VDS Department, Iran Khodro Industrial Complex.

 4.Student Membership in Iranian Society of Civil Engineers

 5. Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

 6.Society of industrial and applied mathematics (SIAM)

 7.American mathematical society (AMS)